The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-29
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

MISS MsK1 CLAYTON BLACK. q
daughter of the late Jeremiah Black. is
about to publish . biography of her
father.
Mrs HARRIET B. MAvIs, Of Bur.
hngame. Kan. has taken q patent for
a board designed to hold shirt while
its front and back are being ironed.
Miss KATE RYAN, of Brooklyn. N.
Y, has patented filling attachment
for hot-water rubber-bags, SO that they
can be filed without scalding the hands.
Miss ANNIE Thomas, of Billings, NJ.
T.. conducts n 6.0OO-acre ranch. looks
after valuable timber property. and has
an interest in two paying mines near
Butte City.
Miss LILLE NJ. PACKARD. who grad
uated from the College of Liberal Arts,
Boston University, this year has be-
come teacher of mathematics in Lasell
Seminary. at Auburndale.
Miss MINNA r. POLLOCK. the new
Commissioner of Deeds in New York.
has been sworn in. A Boston woman
would like to know what it was she
had to say when they swore her.
Miss ANNA DICKINSON has left West
Pittston. Pa, hoping for improved
health with change of residence. and
will pass the season in Honesdale with
her sister. Miss Susan Dickinson.
EMMA ETHERIDGE BARLOW, of Cold
water. Mich. has completed the stu
dents regular law course Of study.
Mrs. Barlow has spent some time
abroad. and is woman of liberal edu-
cation.
Mrs. FANNIE H. FOWLER. in her col
umn. The Woman's Empire" in Man
istee. Mich, deals with Rev. C. L.
Woodwork, Secretary Of the American
Missionary Society. who some time
since set forth the ante-suGrage ground
in Good Cheer.
Mrs. ERNEST HART has done much
to help the suffering Donegal peas.
antry by system of cottage indus
tries. Glove-knitting. crocheting and
embroidery give many poor Irish
women chance to earn . few shill.
lings to help the family fund.
Mrs BESSIE WHITE HAGER, of Louis.
willie. KY. has compelled the State
Board of Pharmacy to grant her GER
tificate to dispense medicine as chem
ist. Although she had pharmacist's
diploma, the Board refused to examine
her, but have now been compelled to
do so by the courts.
Mrs. LOGAN says: 1T has happened
that in cases Of illness or disability Of
men clerks the wives performed the
duties of their husbands. drawing in
their name the salary as if they had
performed the work. In one case the
wife kept up her husbands desk for
three years. receiving the $1,000. and
thereby supporting the family; but
from the day Of his death. though she
continued the same work. her salary
was reduced to 5000"
Miss CAROLINE w. HALL, Of Boston.
was awarded medal at the recent dis
tribution of prizes at the Academy Of
Fine Arts in Milan. Italy, she being
one of the four fortunate contestants
in. the school Of landscape painting.
Her subject was part Of the grounds
surrounding the home Of the great
Leonardo da Vinci. Miss Hall also
distinguished herself In the winter class
of decorative oil painting. This il
the second year she has taken q prize
medal.
Miss SARAH ANGIE FRENCH. Of Cam
terbury. N. H. has recently graduated
with honors at the Medical College of
the New York Infirmary. She has
spent four years in hospitals and medi-
cal colleges in Boston and New York.
and has refused offers with large sala-
ries for services in Egypt and India
She has now accepted the position Of
senior resident physician at the institu-
ton from which she has just graduated.
for one year. after which she intends
to spend two years in study in Paris
and Vienna, and then settle in New
York City.
Curtis on Women Voting.